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Action Summary

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

6:00 PM

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview

Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

City Commission Regular Meeting

FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION

DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor

JOHN C. HERBST Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District 1

STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District 2

PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District 3

BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District 4

RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager

DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk

SHARI L. McCARTNEY, City Attorney

PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor

PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION:

If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in the

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A

member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given to

the Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the podium,

identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality on the

agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker’s position or present

information.

If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a representative

capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the Broward Center for

the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A member of the City

Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker

should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented, and identify the

agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the client’s support, opposition, or

neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed to succinctly state the client’s position or

present information on behalf of the client(s).

Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Mayor

shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the

Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order of the Mayor

in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City

Commission meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission meeting

having been warned by the Mayor to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to

arrest.

AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to assist

in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the agenda and minutes for

the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002 at a minimum of two

days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide these services to you.

Pledge of Allegiance

ROLL CALL

4 -

Present:

Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice Mayor John C. Herbst,

Commissioner Steven Glassman and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Approval of MINUTES and Agenda

26-0239

Minutes for January 6, 2026, Commission Conference Meeting and

January 6, 2026, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED AS AMENDED - Agenda Amended

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

PRESENTATIONS

PRES- 26-0261

Coastal Conservation Association Chair Mike Lambrechts to make a

Check Presentation in Support of a New Sewage Pump-Out Vessel in

the amount of $10,000

PRESENTED

PRES- 26-0256

Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring

March 2026 as National Women’s History Month in the City of Fort

Lauderdale

PRESENTED

PRES- 26-0255

Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring March

2026 as National Kidney Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale

PRESENTED

CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT AGENDA

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Approve the Consent Agenda

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

CONSENT MOTIONS

26-0170

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Evan Berman

Productions, LLC for the Fort Lauderdale Beer, Wine and Spirits

Fest on March 28, 2026, at Esplanade Park - (Commission District 2)

CM-1

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0147

Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License, Outdoor Event

Agreement and Request for Road Closures beyond 10:00 a.m. on the

Barrier Island with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc. for Florida

AIDS Walk & Music Festival on March 21, 2026, at Fort Lauderdale

Beach Park - (Commission Districts 2 and 4)

CM-2

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0193

26-0069

26-0180

Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License and Outdoor Event

Agreement with Rainbow Sidekick Inc. for the Lauderdale Tropical

Bear Week Beach Party on April 5, 2026, on Fort Lauderdale Beach

directly across from Birch State Park - (Commission District 2)

CM-3

CM-4

CM-5

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Motion Approving Change Order No. 33 for Construction

Management at Risk Services Phase II for the New Police

Headquarters - Moss & Associates, LLC - $643,021.69 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Motion Approving TJX Law Enforcement Grant Award - $5,000 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0151

26-0152

26-0229

Motion Approving Grant Application to the FY 2026 Florida Inland

Navigation District Waterways Assistance Program - $460,770 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CM-6

CM-7

CM-9

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Motion Approving Grant Application to the FY 2026 Florida Inland

Navigation District Waterways Assistance Program - $97,700 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Motion Approving Fortify Lauderdale Phase II Project Prioritization -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS

26-0061

Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal

Year 2026 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CR-1

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0046

Resolution Accepting Grant Funds from the Florida Department of

Environmental Protection, through the Florida Communities Trust,

Florida Forever Parks and Open Space Grant Program in the amount

of $626,414 for Bal Harbour Park - (Commission District 1)

CR-2

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0135

Resolution Approving an Application for a Dock Permit for Usage of

Public Property by Garrin and Ana Paula Rose, adjacent to 701

Cordova Road, for a Proposed Wood Marginal Dock and Authorizing

Execution of a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants - (Commission

District 2)

CR-3

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0230

Resolution Approving a Public Transportation Grant Agreement with

the Florida Department of Transportation for the Construction of the

Runway 27 Bypass Taxiway and Run-Up Area Relocation Project at

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and to Delegate Authority to the

City Manager to Execute the Agreement - $113,362 - (Commission

District 1)

CR-4

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0232

Resolution Declaring the City’s Official Intent to Reimburse Itself from

the Proceeds of the Stormwater Utility System Special Assessment

Revenue Bonds, Series 2026, for Stormwater Improvement Projects -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CR-5

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION

26-0195

Motion Approving a Third Amendment to the Brickell License

Agreement with Las Olas Riverfront, LP - (Commission District 4)

CM-8

APPROVED AS AMENDED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

NEIGHBOR PRESENTATIONS

26-0228

Suzanne Jacob - FXE Noise and EA Study

NP-1

RECEIVED

MOTIONS

26-0012

Motion Approving the Award for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 540,

Purchase of Prospect Lake Clean Water Center Chemicals -

Chemrite Inc., Brenntag Mid-South LLC., Morton Salt Inc., and

Hawkins Water Treatment Group d/b/a Hawkins Inc. - $1,312,538

(One-Year Aggregate) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

M-1

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0200

Motion Approving Agreements for Invitation to Bid (ITB) Nos. 383-6

and 385-6 for Turf Grass Maintenance NE and SE, respectively, to

the next Lowest Responsive and Responsible Bidder - VisualScape,

Inc. - $1,543,856.44 - (Commission Districts 1, 2 and 4)

M-2

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0173

Motion Approving a Reinstatement and Amendment to an Agreement

between Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale for

Property Located at 1000 SW 2 Street (Folio #504-209-350-010), in

Substantially the Form Provided - (Commission District 2)

M-3

APPROVED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

RESOLUTIONS

26-0246

Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

R-1

ADOPTED AS AMENDED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0225

26-0226

26-0227

Resolution Delegating the City Manager the Authority to Submit a

Grant Application to the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) for a

Grant of up to $2,967,364 for the Replacement and Construction of

the Riverwalk North Seawall - (Commission District 4)

R-2

R-3

R-4

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Resolution Delegating the City Manager the Authority to Submit a

Grant Application to the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) for a

Grant of up to $840,107 for the Construction of the Sebastian and

Seville Seawall Replacement Projects - (Commission District 2)

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Public Transportation

Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for

the Construction of the Runway 9 Parallel Taxiways Extension at Fort

Lauderdale Executive Airport and to Delegate Authority to the City

Manager to Execute the Agreement - $3,000,000 - (Commission

District 1)

ADOPTED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0027

Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving a Site Plan Level IV Central

Beach Development Permit for a Six (6)-Story, 203,907 Square-Foot

Multipurpose Building with 25,182 Square Feet of Event Space,

24,440 Square Feet of Museum, 17,052 Square Feet of Aquarium,

and 7,027 Square Feet of Restaurant Use and Associated Parking

Reduction - Case No. UDP-S25010 - 501 Seabreeze Blvd -

(Commission District 2)

R-5

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received

and make them part of the record.

ADOPTED for Approval

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

PUBLIC HEARINGS

26-0053

Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance - Approving Vacation of

Right-of-Way - Forty (40)-Foot-wide by 140-Foot-Long Portion of SE

2 Court - John Terrill, Agnes Howard, Luciano and Mayer Del Valle

Bonaldo - Case No. UDP-V24002 - (Commission District 4)

PH-1

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received

and make them part of the record.

PASSED FIRST READING AS AMENDED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

26-0220

Public Hearing - Quasi Judicial Resolution - After the Fact Certificate

of Appropriateness for Major Alterations for the Installation of

Artificial Turf within the Front Outdoor Seating Area of a Designated

Historic Landmark Located at 101 S Fort Lauderdale Beach

Boulevard - Case No. UDP-HP25021 - (Commission District 2)

PH-2

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received

and make them part of the record.

ADOPTED for Approval

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present:

ORDINANCE SECOND READING

26-0142

Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 27 of the Code of

Ordinances to Establish an Administrative Application Process,

Associated Fees, and Define Vehicle for Hire Services and

Operating Standards - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OSR-1

ADOPTED ON SECOND READING AS AMENDED

4 -

Yea:

Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman

Not Present: